JP2013182308A - Working situation display device and working situation display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily check current working situations or working procedures.SOLUTION: The working situation display device includes: an operation data acquisition section 11 for acquiring operation data corresponding to a series of works designated by a user from an operation data storage section 16; a condition data acquisition section 12 for acquiring condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition section 11 from a condition data storage section 17; a determination section 14 for determining whether or not there is any error in an operation content and operation results corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition section 11 on the basis of the condition data acquired by the condition data acquisition section 12; and a screen generation/display section 15 for generating and displaying a list screen for displaying work information including working situations of each operation item in the order of the series of works. The screen generation/display section 15 adds error display including an error content and error places on the list screen when it is determined that there is any error in the operation content and operation results by the determination section 14.

Description

  The present invention relates to a work status display device and a work status display method.

  In the field where production processes are managed, various devices (for example, sensors, valve positioners, etc.) having a communication function are installed in a plant. In these devices, parameters and their values are set according to the contents of the production process. The contents and procedure of the parameter setting operation vary depending on how the plant is changed. In addition, since there is a dependency between data generated by each setting operation, the order of setting operations is determined. However, since the types of setting work are very many and the dependencies are complicated, it is difficult for the user to memorize all the contents of the setting work. Therefore, there is a possibility that the user may cause work leakage or mistaken work procedures. If the work omission or work procedure is wrong, the necessary control cannot be performed and the production process cannot be executed normally.

  Patent Document 1 below discloses a configuration tool for control design that effectively uses a product designed in the past as a reusable part.

Japanese Patent No. 3488019

  In the control design configuration tool described above, if the content to be set for the device to be set is the same as the reuse component, it can be reused effectively, but if the setting content is different, the reuse component Even if is used, setting work will be redone. In this case, there is a possibility that the user may cause work leakage or mistaken work procedures.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and provides a work status display device and a work status display method capable of easily confirming the current work status and work procedure. With the goal.

  The work status display device according to the present invention includes an operation data storage unit that stores, as operation data, user operation contents and operation results for work items included in a series of work, and the operation contents. A condition data storage unit that stores each operation item as a condition data, and a condition data storage unit that stores the operation data corresponding to the series of operations specified by a user by the operation data storage unit. An operation data acquisition unit that acquires from the stored operation data, and the condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit is acquired from the condition data stored by the condition data storage unit Based on the condition data acquired by the condition data acquisition unit and the condition data acquisition unit, A determination unit for determining whether or not there is an error in the operation content and the operation result corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit, and work information including a work status for each work item. A screen generation display unit that generates and displays a list screen to be displayed in order of work, and the screen generation display unit is determined by the determination unit to have an error in the operation content and the operation result In addition, an error display including the error content and error location is added to the list screen.

  In addition, the work status display method according to the present invention includes an operation data storage unit that stores, as operation data, data related to a user's operation contents and operation results for work items included in a series of operations, by the user. An operation data acquisition step for acquiring operation data corresponding to the specified series of operations, and a condition data storage unit that stores, as condition data, conditions for causing the operation contents and the operation result to be an error, for each of the work items, Acquired in the operation data acquisition step based on the condition data acquisition step for acquiring the condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired in the operation data acquisition step, and the condition data acquired in the condition data acquisition step The operation content corresponding to the operated data and A determination step for determining whether or not there is an error in the operation result, and a screen generation display step for generating and displaying a list screen for displaying work information including work status for each work item in the order of the series of work The screen generation display step adds an error display including the error content and error location to the list screen when it is determined in the determination step that the operation content and the operation result have an error. To do.

  By adopting such a configuration, a user can specify a series of work and generate a list screen that displays the work status for each work item included in the series of work according to the work order of the series of work. Based on the operation data corresponding to the series of work and the condition data corresponding to the operation data, it is determined whether or not there is an error in the operation content and operation result in the series of work, and the error in the operation content and operation result. If there is an error, it is possible to add an error display including the error content and error location to the list screen.

  The work status display device includes display order data that defines a display order when the work items are displayed on the list screen, display item data that defines various display items constituting the list screen, and the list screen. Message data relating to various message contents to be displayed is stored as screen data for each series of operations, and the screen data corresponding to the series of operations specified by a user is stored in the screen data. A screen data acquisition unit that acquires from the screen data stored by the unit, and the screen generation display unit generates the list screen based on the screen data acquired by the screen data acquisition unit It's good.

  As a result, the work items are displayed according to the display order specified by the display order data registered in advance, the screen is configured according to the display items specified by the display item data registered in advance, and the message is displayed according to the message data registered in advance. List screen can be generated.

  The screen generation / display unit may change at least the color of the display column in which an error exists in the display column of the list screen or display an error message when displaying an error. As a result, the location of the error and the content of the error can be easily grasped.

  The screen generation display unit may start a tool for performing work on the work item or display a button for executing a function of the tool on the list screen. This makes it possible to perform work using a tool suitable for the work.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the working status display apparatus and working status display method which can confirm easily the present working status and work procedure can be provided.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the device management system containing the work condition display apparatus in embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the work situation list screen in an embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the work condition display apparatus in embodiment.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiment described below is merely an example, and does not exclude application of various modifications and techniques not explicitly described below. That is, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a device management system including a work status display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the device management system 100 includes a work status display device 1, a controller 2, and devices 3A to 3P. The controller 2 and the devices 3A to 3P are connected via a network and can communicate with each other. Note that the devices 3A to 3P are referred to as devices 3 when there is no need to distinguish them in the following description.

  The device 3 is various devices installed in the plant, and has a function of performing bidirectional communication via a network. Examples of the device 3 include transmitters for flow rate, pressure, temperature, etc., valve positioners for changing and detecting the opening degree of valves such as flow rate control valves and pressure control valves, and actuators for operating pumps, fans, etc. .

  The controller 2 is a device that controls the execution state of the production process. Specifically, the controller 2 adjusts the opening degree of the valve provided in the piping by controlling the valve positioner based on the measured values such as the flow rate and pressure acquired from the transmitter, for example.

  The work status display device 1 is a device that displays a work status list screen for confirming the work status and work procedure of a series of engineering work by a user. The engineering work includes, for example, configuration setting work, parameter value setting work, and the like. Details of the work status list screen will be described later.

  The work status display device 1 physically includes, for example, a CPU (not shown), a storage device (not shown), and an input / output interface (not shown). For example, the storage device stores operation data, condition data, screen data, and the like.

  The operation data is data related to the user's operation contents and operation results for each work item included in a series of engineering work. Examples of work items include job settings, system definitions, device definitions, control loop definitions, scheduler settings, and the like.

  The operation data can include a time stamp in addition to the operation content and operation result. As the operation data, for example, “A device was added (2011/11/30 11:00)”, “A device xx parameter could not be written (2011/11/30 16:00)”, “ The xx parameter of the A device is changed (2011/11/30 17:00) ”can be used.

  The operation data is stored in the operation data storage unit 16 with a job name that can specify a series of engineering work and a work item name that can specify a work item.

  The condition data is data that defines a condition in which an operation content or an operation result causes an error. As the condition data, for example, “After changing a parameter of a device, an error occurs if the parameter is not written to the device” or “An error occurs when a parameter that cannot be written to the device exists” "Can be used. The condition data is stored in the condition data storage unit 17 with a job name and a work item name.

  The screen data is data necessary for displaying the work status list screen. Screen data includes, for example, display order data that defines the display order when work items are displayed on the list screen, display item data that defines various display items constituting the work status list screen, and work status list screens. This corresponds to message data related to various message contents to be displayed. The message contents can include, for example, the contents of operations requiring attention and the contents of errors. The screen data is stored in the screen data storage unit 18 with a job name.

  The work status display device 1 displays the work status list screen shown in FIG. 2 to present work information including the work status and work procedure of a series of engineering work corresponding to the job designated by the user to the user. The work status list screen is generated using the screen data, operation data, and condition data described above.

  The work status list screen shown in FIG. 2 will be described in detail. The work status list screen includes, for example, a work order column L1, a work item column L2, a target column L3, a tool column L4, a creation date / time column L5, a change date / time column L6, a write date / time column L7, and an operation log column L8. And an error clear column L9 and a message column L10.

  The work order column L1 displays the order in which a series of engineering work is performed. The user can perform work according to this order to prevent errors in work procedures, work omissions, and the like.

  In the work item column L2, the names of work items included in a series of engineering work are displayed. In the target column L3, names of devices such as the controller 2 and the device 3 to be worked are displayed. In the tool column L4, an activation button for activating a tool for the user to perform work is displayed. The user clicks on this activation button to activate a tool necessary for the work and execute the function of the tool. In addition, it is good also as displaying the name of a tool in the tool column L4. If the tool is already activated when the activation button is clicked, the function of the tool can be executed by clicking the activation button.

  The creation date / time column L5 displays the date / time when the data was created. In the change date / time column L6, the date / time when the data was changed is displayed. The write date / time field L7 displays the date / time when the created or changed data was actually written to the target device. The data includes data that needs to be written to the device and data that does not need to be written to the device.

  In the operation log column L8, display buttons for displaying a log of various operations performed during work are displayed. In the error clear column L9, a clear button for clearing the error display added to the work status list screen is displayed. In the message column L10, a message to the user is displayed. The message includes, for example, an operation explanation to the user and error contents. By referring to the message, the user can confirm the content of the operation requiring attention and the content of the error.

  Here, in the present embodiment, if an error exists in the operation content or operation result, an error display is added to the work status list screen. The error display includes, for example, changing the background of the display column in which the presence of the error is confirmed to a color indicating that an error exists, displaying the content of the error in the message column L10, and the like.

  As an example of changing the background color of a display field, when there is an obvious error, the background of the display field is changed from the standard color to red, and when there is a possibility of error, the background of the display field is changed from the standard color to yellow. There are things to do.

  Specifically, in FIG. 2, the background of the change date / time column L6 and the message column L10 of the work order “3” is changed to yellow. Also, the backgrounds of the writing date and time fields L7 and message fields L10 of the work orders “6” and “7” are changed to red, and the backgrounds of the writing date and time fields L7 and message fields L10 of the working order “8” are changed to yellow. Has been. Further, the background of the change date / time column L6 and the message column L10 of the work order “12” is changed to red.

  When the clear button displayed in the error clear column L9 of the work order “3” shown in FIG. 2 is clicked, the background of the change date / time column L6 and the message column L10 returns from yellow to the standard color. This function is provided in order to eliminate this state because an error can be displayed even if there is no problem when the error is mechanically determined. That is, by clicking the clear button, the error display related to the work item can be canceled (clear process). A reconfirmation button may be added to the work status list screen. By clicking this reconfirmation button, for example, it is possible to confirm the clear process and cancel the clear process (redisplay the cleared error display).

  By displaying such a work status list screen, the user can easily check the work procedure of a series of engineering work corresponding to the job, the presence or absence of work omission, and the like. Since the work status list screen is generated for each job, the user designates the job and displays the work status list screen. For example, the job can be specified as follows.

  A user designates a job by selecting one of the existing job folders created under the job directory. The job folder is a folder for storing data related to jobs, and is created for each job under a predetermined job directory. If the job to be specified is not created under the job directory, a new job folder may be created under the job directory, and that folder may be designated as a job.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the work status display device 1 functionally includes, for example, an operation data acquisition unit 11, a condition data acquisition unit 12, a screen data acquisition unit 13, a determination unit 14, and a screen generation display. Part 15.

  The operation data acquisition unit 11 acquires operation data corresponding to a job designated by the user from the operation data storage unit 16.

  The condition data acquisition unit 12 acquires condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit 11 from the condition data storage unit 17.

  The screen data acquisition unit 13 acquires screen data corresponding to the job designated by the user from the screen data storage unit 18.

  Based on the condition data acquired by the condition data acquisition unit 12, the determination unit 14 determines whether there is an error in the operation content and operation result corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit 11.

  The screen generation display unit 15 generates and displays the work status list screen shown in FIG. 2 based on the screen data acquired by the screen data acquisition unit 13.

  When the determination unit 14 determines that there is an error in the operation content and operation result, the screen generation display unit 15 changes the color of the display column in which an error exists in the display column of the work status list screen, and also displays a message. An error message is displayed in the column L10.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the relationship between the determination result by the determination part 14 and the error display by the screen generation display part 15 is demonstrated concretely.

  (1) The change date and time “2011/10/26 08:58” of the “export system definition” work in the work order “2” is changed to the change date and time “2011/10/26” of the “import FC” work in the work order “3”. If it is later than 26 08:56 ". In this case, the determination unit 14 determines that the content exported in the “export system definition” operation in the operation order “2” is not reflected. As a result, the screen generation display unit 15 changes the background of the change date / time column L6 and the message column L10 of the work order “3” to yellow, and the “exported system definition” is read into the message column L10 of the work order “3”. It may not have been displayed to warn the user.

  (2) The parameter set by the “device setting” operation in the operation order “6” does not match the parameter written in the device. In this case, the determination unit 14 determines that there is a parameter that has not been written to the device. As a result, the screen generation display unit 15 changes the background of the writing date / time field L7 and the message field L10 in the work order “6” to red, and “xx parameter is written in the message field L10 in the work order“ 6 ”. The message “Not.” Is displayed to warn the user.

  (3) The change date / time of the “device setting” operation in the operation order “7” is recorded, but the writing date / time is not recorded. In this case, the determination unit 14 determines that the parameter whose setting has been changed has not been written to the device. As a result, the screen generation / display unit 15 changes the background of the writing date / time field L7 and the message field L10 in the work order “7” to red, and “writes the parameter in the message field L10 in the work order“ 7 ”. The message “No” is displayed to warn the user.

  (4) The writing date “2011/10/26 09:14” of the “device setting” work in the work order “8” is earlier than the change date “2011/10/26 09:15”. In this case, the determination unit 14 determines that the parameter whose setting has been changed may not be written to the device. As a result, the screen generation display unit 15 changes the background of the writing date / time field L7 and the message field L10 in the work order “8” to yellow, and “writes parameters” to the message field L10 in the work order “8”. The message “There may not be.” Is displayed to warn the user.

  (5) The “consistency check” work in the work order “12” is always executed after all “device setting” work is completed, but all “device setting” work is finished. When the change date / time of the work order “12” is not recorded. In this case, the determination unit 14 determines that the “consistency check” operation is missing. As a result, the screen generation / display unit 15 changes the background of the change date / time field L6 and the message field L10 of the work order “12” to red, and the “consistency check” is performed on the message field L10 of the work order “12”. The message “No” is displayed to warn the user.

  Next, the operation of the work status display device 1 in the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when the user specifies a job (step S101), the screen data acquisition unit 13 acquires screen data corresponding to the job specified in step S101 from the screen data storage unit 18 (step S102).

  Subsequently, the operation data acquisition unit 11 acquires operation data corresponding to the job specified in step S101 from the operation data storage unit 16 (step S103).

  Subsequently, the condition data acquisition unit 12 acquires condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired in step S103 from the condition data storage unit 17 (step S104).

  Subsequently, based on the condition data acquired in step S104, the determination unit 14 determines whether or not there is an error in the operation content and operation result corresponding to the operation data acquired in step S103 (step S105). . When this determination is NO (step S105; NO), the screen generation display unit 15 generates and displays a work status list screen based on the screen data acquired in step S102 (step S106). And this operation | movement is complete | finished.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S105 that there is an error in any operation content and operation result (step S105; YES), the screen generation display unit 15 adds the screen data acquired in step S102 to the screen data acquired in step S102. Based on this, a work status list screen is generated, and an error display is added and displayed on the generated work status list screen (step S107). And this operation | movement is complete | finished.

  The user executes the work corresponding to the work item displayed in each work item column L2 on the work status list screen in the order displayed on the list screen, thereby ensuring a series of engineering work according to the procedure. Can be done. In addition, the user starts the tool by clicking the start button provided in each tool column L4 on the work status list screen, or executes the function of the tool, thereby using the tool suitable for the work. It can be performed.

  In addition, the user can confirm the operation contents performed in the work by clicking the display button provided in each operation log column L8 on the work status list screen to display the log. Further, the user can perform work with reference to messages such as operation explanations displayed in each message field L10 of the work status list screen.

  As described above, according to the work status display device 1 in the embodiment, when the user designates a job, the work status for each work item corresponding to the job is displayed according to the work order of a series of engineering work. The work status list screen can be displayed. In addition, based on the operation data corresponding to the job and the condition data corresponding to the operation data, it is determined whether or not there is an error in the operation content and operation result in the series of engineering work. If there is an error, an error display including the error content and error location can be added to the work status list screen and displayed.

  Therefore, according to the work status display device 1 in the embodiment, since the current work status and work procedure can be easily confirmed, it is possible to detect a work omission surely and cope with it early.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the series of work is engineering work is described. However, the present invention can be applied to other work. For example, a predetermined procedure is performed using a computer. It can be applied to all operations that can be performed in

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Work condition display apparatus 2 ... Controller 3A-3P ... Device 11 ... Operation data acquisition part 12 ... Condition data acquisition part 13 ... Screen data acquisition part 14 ... Determination part 15 ... Screen generation display part 16 ... Operation data storage part 17 ... Condition data storage unit 18 ... screen data storage unit 100 ... device management system

Claims (5)

An operation data storage unit that stores, as operation data, user operation content and operation results for work items included in a series of operations for each series of operations;
A condition data storage unit that stores, as condition data, a condition that causes an error in the operation content and the operation result; and
An operation data acquisition unit that acquires the operation data corresponding to the series of operations specified by the user from the operation data stored in the operation data storage unit;
A condition data acquisition unit for acquiring the condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit from the condition data stored by the condition data storage unit;
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is an error in the operation content and the operation result corresponding to the operation data acquired by the operation data acquisition unit based on the condition data acquired by the condition data acquisition unit When,
A screen generation display unit that generates and displays a list screen that displays work information including work status for each work item in the order of the series of work, and
The screen generation display unit adds an error display including an error content and an error part to the list screen when the determination unit determines that there is an error in the operation content and the operation result. Work status display device. Display order data for defining display order when displaying the work items on the list screen, display item data for defining various display items constituting the list screen, and various message contents displayed on the list screen Screen data storage unit that stores message data as screen data for each series of operations;
A screen data acquisition unit that acquires the screen data corresponding to the series of operations specified by the user from the screen data stored by the screen data storage unit;
The work status display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen generation display unit generates the list screen based on the screen data acquired by the screen data acquisition unit.   The screen generation / display unit, when displaying an error, changes at least the color of the display column in which an error exists in the display column of the list screen or displays an error message. Item 3. The work status display device according to Item 1 or 2.   The said screen generation display part starts the tool for performing the operation | work with respect to the said work item, or displays the button which performs the function of the said tool on the said list screen, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The work status display device according to claim 1. Operation data corresponding to the series of operations designated by the user from the operation data storage unit that stores, as operation data, data related to the user's operation contents and operation results for the work items included in the series of operations. An operation data acquisition step for acquiring
The condition data corresponding to the operation data acquired in the operation data acquisition step is acquired from a condition data storage unit that stores, as condition data, a condition that causes an error in the operation content and the operation result. A condition data acquisition step;
A determination step for determining whether or not there is an error in the operation content and the operation result corresponding to the operation data acquired in the operation data acquisition step based on the condition data acquired in the condition data acquisition step. When,
A screen generation display step for generating and displaying a list screen that displays work information including work status for each work item in the order of the series of work, and
The screen generation display step adds an error display including an error content and an error location to the list screen when it is determined that there is an error in the operation content and the operation result in the determination step. Work status display method.